Vocation Stories

On January 1, 2019, Feast of the Nativity of Mary, four young women joined the Carmelite Sisters and became the newest members of the Congregation! The Entrance Ceremony was held at Saint Teresa's Chapel of the Motherhouse in Germantown, New York and was presided by...

There was great joy at St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn as we witnessed and celebrated the Solemn Monastic Profession of Sr Angela Finegan on the feast of St Bernard, 20th August 2018. The whole monastic community, together with Sr Angela’s parents, family and friends...

At 10 years of age, I wrote an essay to say that I wanted to be a Holy Faith Sister – I had forgotten all about it until it was given back to me 16 years later! I had been an only girl in my family for 14 years, and I was very shy, so my mother signed me up for a club...

Profile:Sr Mary Usifoh Sr Mary Usifoh is from the resource-rich Delta State in southern Nigeria which is largely defined by the great Niger River. The river straddles Delta State’s eastern fringes, gifting farmers with abundant quantities of fertile agricultural...

Some Young Korean Priests celebrating together Columban Missionary Priests Ministering in the Philippines. Dominican Contemplative sisters at work here in Ireland The Little Company of Mary Sisters celebrating their graduation. Fr Alan Neville MSC asking the...

Capuchin Franciscans I was very naive in that I was half expecting God to give me a call, if not in a clap of thunder, the least he could afford me was a gentle whisper. Well he did call but not in the way I expected. I now know that he choose the timefor me to be...

Sisters of Marie Reparatrice After finishing school, I trained as a nurse and later as a midwife. I gave up practicing my faith and enjoyed a busy social life. Over time tough, I experienced a growing emptiness and dissatisfaction with my life, which no socializing...